"Take your time, it's impossible to eat fat in one go, it's much better now than before"

The surprise of 150,000 tons of grain did not last long, and in just a few minutes, the division commander regained his original calm and wisdom, and said with a smile.

"The days go by slowly, the devils fight slowly, after all, our own strength is not enough, even if these food and materials are transported to us, I am afraid that we will not be able to keep it"

"This is also true" After the division commander's reminder, the brigade commander also nodded in agreement.

150,000 tons of grain, they simply don't have enough place to store this grain, and once the devils know about the grain, they will definitely send troops to snatch it, and when the time comes, they can either burn it with tears or be snatched away by the devils.

This is called guilt.

"However, now that we have enough supplies, we can also start to expand the army."

After learning the hard way, the brigade commander felt it was time for a change.

150,000 tons of grain are there, thousands of tons of medical supplies are there, why can't they be transported, it's not that their strength is not enough, the role between them and the devil is reversed, that is, the devil grabbed the Eighth Route Army transport team.

If they are strong enough to be able to compete head-on with a division of devils, then these hundreds of thousands of tons of materials will not be transported by one or two divisions.

"Hmm" The division commander also nodded.

There are two biggest difficulties in the expansion of the army, one is that the weapons and equipment are not enough, although carrying a red tassel gun is also considered a soldier, but this is meaningless, a red tassel gun is a target on the battlefield, the second is not enough food, a soldier is a mouth, and one more mouth will be nearly a thousand catties of grain a year.

As a matter of fact, the grain problem is easy to solve, and it is only a matter of time before they produce independently, and as long as they take a year or two, it is still possible to ensure the basic food and clothing of the troops, but weapons and equipment have always been a headache for them. Self-produced, the first gun of the Chuanshan Arsenal in the current base area has not yet been made, and it can only be reloaded with some bullets. And only a few thousand rounds of ammunition can be reloaded per month.

And the four convoys from the independent regiment solved these problems perfectly.

"Chief of Staff, come to our division's current material situation, and then we will make a plan for expanding the army."

At this time, the chief of staff of the division headquarters had also counted the supplies, and he raised his voice and said.

"It's really time to expand the army, and it's a big expansion"

The chief of staff had a smile on his face, and his tone was one of pride.

"Our division has 4 million catties of corn, white flour, soybeans and other grains, plus the grain grown in the base area, and the transport team can also bring back 50 tons of grain from the independent regiment every month, so we can now ensure the food supply of 30,000 people a year."

"The number of guns is slightly lacking, now we only have infantry guns, 1,900 pistols, 608 light machine guns, 50 mortars, these weapons can only arm more than 10,000 people, but every month an independent regiment has more than 1,000 38 big covers transported over."

"As for the ammunition, it is completely sufficient, 2 million rounds of 6.5mm 38 large cover bullets, 1.2 million rounds of 7.92 Mauser bullets, 1.5 million rounds of shell gun bullets, and 80,000 rounds of mortar shell shells"

"Hey, wasn't it the German Mauser 98k that I sent before, how did it become a devil's gun?" The brigade commander was stunned for a moment, he remembered that the second batch of weapons of the 1st Independent Regiment were all 98K produced by the original German factory, how could it suddenly become a devil's gun.

For the sake of secrecy, the gun transport team is independent, under the direct leadership of the chief of staff, and is not part of the large transport team, so the brigade commander is not aware of this.

"For us, in fact, the 38 big covers are better than the 98k, and this batch of 38 big covers is much better than what we captured from the devils" At this time, the division commander took over.

"The power of the 38 big cover is much lower than that of 98K, but it is also a hole in one shot, as long as you use a round-headed bullet, the power can still be guaranteed"

"And the recoil of the 38 cover is much lower than that of the 98K, and the overall gun latch is also easier to maintain, and the dust cover is very practical, there are more recruits here in our army, and the 38 cover is more friendly to recruits."

In fact, it is the idea of replacing the rifle with a 38 big cover, and Luo Yun naturally doesn't care about it, he can open both kinds of guns in the box, and the caliber of the 38 big cover is still superior to the 98K in quantity.

The controversy about the 38 big cover and 98K has been around since ancient times, but both are weapons, and the structural concept is a hand-pulled bolt rifle, but the detail design and caliber are different, which also causes many of the two guns to have obvious differences in performance.

The structure of the 38 cover is simple, the operation is simple, it is easy to get started, and the gun is longer, suitable for fighting bayonets, but its power is biased, and the ballistic performance is not ideal, while the 98K is powerful and has high precision, but the structure is relatively complex, and the recoil is also large, which is difficult to get started.

Seeing this, the brigade commander also nodded in agreement, although his inner preference made him inclined to use the German Mauser 98K, but the preference for this kind of thing is insignificant, and it can be discarded with just a little reason.

"At present, the main force of our division on the Jin-Cha-Ji side has a total of 8,000 people, including 4,500 people in the three regiments of the 344 brigade, 500 people in the independent cavalry battalion of the division headquarters, 1,500 people in the first regiment, and 1,500 people in the second regiment.

"The main regiment has a system of 13 companies with three battalions per regiment, 12 infantry companies plus an artillery company, each artillery company is equipped with 60 infantry guns and 5 guns, and each regiment is equipped with 90 machine guns"

The so-called teaching regiment is a regiment set up to train and educate recruits, and it has a certain degree of independent combat effectiveness, but because there are a large number of recruits inside, and even the proportion of recruits is higher than that of the basic independent regiment, the combat effectiveness is relatively weak, and even a regiment can only compete with a team of devils.

The division commander first took a look at the current situation, and then began to expand the army.

"Judging from the state of the teaching regiment, the expansion of the army must be done well, and it must not be too big at once, and a certain number of veterans must be mixed in it, otherwise the combat effectiveness of the troops will drop very much."

"It's just that our supplies are enough for the main force to expand to 20,000 people, and it is a little unwilling to expand the army slowly, and the current form also requires the rapid expansion of the army."

Touching his chin and thinking about it, the division commander took out a camel cigarette, lit one and continued.

"Let's do this first, the three main regiments of the 344 Brigade have all been expanded to 2,100 Rao Regiment, and the establishment is divided into three battalions and 16 companies, and the recruits will be directly transferred from the teaching regiment, so as to ensure that the combat effectiveness will not decline, and after a period of adaptation, the combat effectiveness of the troops will definitely rise in a straight line."

The brigade commander and the chief of staff agreed to a fraction of the point, each regiment was expanded by 600 people, and it was also a recruit with a certain amount of training, so that it would not affect the combat effectiveness, and it could also be quickly integrated into the troops, and as long as it took a few battles, it would soon grow into a qualified veteran.

The words of the division commander continued.

"Then four teaching regiments were formed, each with 2,000 men, and the first and second regiments were also expanded according to this number."

"As for the issue of grassroots officers, we can also exchange weapons and ammunition for veterans."